Places! July 17-23, 2014

Here are some of the performing arts events opening on local stages this week. Plus, the list of last-chance shows.

Every week in Places!, TheaterJones rounds up the weekend and coming week for theater, music, opera, dance and comedy performances that are opening/happening on North Texas stages.

This week: Four more shows open in the Festival of Independent Theatres; reality TV stars do Ballroom with a Twist at the Music Hall at Fair Park; and MBS Productions plays with The Straight Guy.

Click on the slideshow icon in the floating menu at bottom left of your screen, and you'll see photos from some of these productions and events.

THURSDAY, JULY 17 THROUGH WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014

THE WEEKEND TOP FIVE

Photo: Lowell Sargeant

The Dairies of Adam and Eve, performed by WingSpan Theatre Company at the Festival of Independent Theatres

1. The second weekend of the Festival of Independent Theatres introduces new shows from WingSpan Theatre Company, McClarey Players, Sibling Revelry and One Thirty Productions. Shows are an hour or less, and run in two-show performance blocks. Below is more about the second set of shows, and the blocks in which they are performed. There's also a schedule pasted below.

WingSpan Theatre Company: Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam & Eve edited and adapted by Susan Sargent – This classic tale, as told by American institution Mark Twain, gets a modern twist from WingSpan’s Susan Sargeant, while still perfectly retaining all of Twain’s trademark wit and wisdom.

Week 2: 8 p.m. Friday, July 18; 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19

Week 3: 8 p.m. Thursday, July 24; 5 p.m. Saturday, July 26

Week 4: 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1; 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2

The McClarey Players: Food for Thought by Cliff McClelland – Charles Darwin and the Mating Habits of the Galapagos Marine Iguana, The Abyss and the Waffle, and Cake make up this charming trio of plays about a few of history’s most memorable meals.

Sibling Revelry: Sleepwalker Man Walk Through Wall by John Leos – A series of short sequences set in the world between reality and dreams, this avant-garde, devised movement piece by Dallas native John Leos follows several characters from distinct realities whose worlds begin to overlap, suddenly blurring the line between who is awake and who is asleep.

One Thirty Productions: Our Breakfast by Ben Schroth – A sentimental peek into the lives of three women in a coffee shop, Our Breakfast is a unique and poignant character study that challenges the assumptions we make about the lives of other people.

2. Ballroom with a Twist, featuring Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke from Dancing With the Stars, as well as finalists from American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m. July 19 at the Music Hall at Fair Park

The Dallas Opera presents a recital with Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello, Sept. 14 at the Eisemann Center in Richardson

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